Car-fender.



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GAR FENDER.

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HENRY M. LAMBERT, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

GAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed May 31, 1907. Serial No. 376,673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. LAMBERT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State ofOregon, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bar- Fenders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car fenders and has for its object to providea simple and efficient device characterized particularly by the factthat two fenders or catchers are provided, one behind the other, thefore fender being particularly adapted and intended to catch a standingperson, and the latter a person lying on the track, the arrangementbeing such that the fore fender will lift on passing over a recumbentbody and will allow the rear fender to drop to the track and drag alongthe same, preventing the body from passing under the wheels. The frontfenderis also constructed so that it can be readily folded out of theway, as when two cars are to be coupled.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fender applied to a car platform.Fig. 2 is a top plan of the fender. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

The fenders are supported by hangers H, depending from the car platform,at each side thereof. The front fender comprises angle bars A, A, ateach side, to which are fixed cross slats or lattice work L. This fenderis formed in two sections which are foldable with respect to each other,one section, that having the side bars A, being fixed to the supportinglevers B, and the other section, having the side bars A, being pivotedto the levers B at P. The front section also has a roller G between thefront ends of its side bars, with rubber hose wrapped spirally aroundthe same. A spring bolt K works through the side bar A at each side, andinto the ends of the lever B, and locks said parts together and preventsfold of the front section, unless released.

The levers B are pivoted at b to the hangers H, and so the front fendermay swing up or down to the extent permitted by the devices hereinafterdescribed.

The rear oi drop fender consists of a series of curved springs E, fixedat the upper end to accross plate D and secured at the middle by clampbars Q, bolted together. The plate D is upset at the ends and bolted tothe rear ends of the side bars 0 which are pivoted at their front endsto the hangers H by the same pins b that attach the front fenderthereto. The levers B have hooked lugs F behind the pivot and these lugsengage under the bars 0 and act to support said bars and also to preventdrop of the levers in front. The rear ends of the bars C stop against astop block S, fixed to the under side of the car platform, whichprevents undue lift of the bars C and drop of the levers B.

R indicates a latch bar pivoted to the under side of the platform andhanging down beside the lever B,

in position to engage a lug r on said lever when the rear end thereof islowered, thereby holding the front fender in elevated position.

In normal position, the excess of weight forward of the pivot 11 liftsthe rear fender and lowers the front fender to the extent permitted bythe stop S, and when a standing person is struck he will fall on thefront fender and be caught thereby. On striking a body lying on thetrack, the front fender Will ride up over the same, dropping the rearends of the levers B and allowing the rear fender to drop to the groundand when so dropped it is held down by engagement of the latch R at eachside, and the body will be caught and carried along in the rear fenderand prevented from passing under the wheels.

I claim:

1. The combination with hangers under a car platform, of levers at eachside, pivoted to the hangers, a front fender carried by the front armsof the levers, a rear fender having side burs pivoted to the hangers,and hooked lugs on the rear arms of the levers, engaging and supportingsaid side bars and rear fender, the excess of weight being on the frontarms of the levers.

2. The combination with side supports connected to the car platform, ofa folding fender formed in front and rear sections, the rear sectionbeing fixed to the supports and the front section being pivoted thereto,and a latch engaging between the supports and the front section, to'lockthe latter against movement.

The combination with hangers under a car platform, of a forefenderpivotally connected to the hangers and having levers extendingrearwardly thereof, a rear curved fender having bars at the top pivotedat their front end to the hangers, supporting devices attached to thelevers and engaging the said bars, and a latch pivoted under the carplatform and hanging beside the rear ends of the levers and arranged toengage the same and hold said ends (lepressed when the front fender islifted.

HENRY M. LAMBERT.

Witnesses A. W. LIVINGSTON, GLEN A. De Gnonr.

